Red, clear, medium intensity. Developed, medium intensity nose. Floral whiff. Mint. Red fruit. On the palate dry, medium(+) acidity, medium(+), finegrained tannins, medium(+) body. 13% Taut, complex. Very good length with resistance in the afterfeel. Superb!
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De beaux parfums, quelques notes d'évolution mais le vin reste très bon. Toujours une belle matière, pas d'acidité comme parfois chez Graillot. C'est très bon. 15/20
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La Tablee: Graillot Dinner (Al Coro): You can really see the influence that Maxime had on the family estate which is interesting. Lots of acid, fruit, structure and very pretty style of winemaking.
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Robe sombre, un nez classique de syrah, en bouche le vin est toujours bien avec de beaux parfums, une belle matiere, une pointe d’acidité mais c'est très bon. Pas trop d’évolution mais le vin est à boire. 15/20
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Toujours très bien: une belle expression de syrah au nez, en bouche il y a un peu d’acidité mais de beaux parfums, le vin est charnu avec une belle longueur. Peu de notes d’évolution, un très beau vin sur ce grand millésime. 16/20
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Un beau vin comme Graillot sait les faire : il lui faut du temps pour s'exprimer mais ensuite le vin est magnifique. Ce millésime est plus reussi que le 2007 que j'ai bu avant car le vin est plus équilibré, avec moi d’acidité. On a de beaux parfums, une belle longueur. C'est très bon. 15/20
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Ma dernière bouteille d'une caisse de 12. Meilleure que la précédente prise en janvier 2019.
Joli nez typé, de violette et de framboises, un peu d’olives. Bouche encore fraiche, gourmande, c’est très charmeur et savoureux. Acidité relativement basse pour ce producteur. Pas complexe, mais délicieux. Aucun intérêt à l'attendre davantage. 90 pts
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Wow - this is a wonderful bottle of authentic Northern Rhone goodness. Saturated deep ruby color. The nose is a knockout: savory combination of dark fruit and beef stock. Deep and rich with a peppery finish. There is still some tannin present. All in all, a really enjoyable and classic wine that provides a lot of pleasure to this taster. Just love the medium weight combined with the rugged personality. A fall / winter wine, for sure. (92)
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A bit of the ageing can be spotted in the color now. Nose is complex with typical notes to expect, stables, sausages. First impression is a surprisingly fresh fruit. Long lasting taste which evolves into a very tasteful and well balanced experience. Drinks very well now, but given the freshness probably could last several more years.
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Aromatically more closed than a year ago - it needs quite a lot of air, yet the perfumes never really open up. The palate has good acid-driven structure and comes across as classically well-built and balanced in a food-friendly way. A solid Syrah that finally needs more time, as concluded in last year's note.
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Still going strong, with lovely nose of gauze, blood, iron, wild berries and olives, followed by fresh and long taste with fine intensity and fully resolved tannins. Drink.
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Medium dark plum color. Lovely on the nose and extremely refined, with sweet spice, dried flowers, seared meat, toast, smoke, cedar, anise, and dusty cellar. Textbook Northern Rhône syrah with some age. Developed bouquet with very little in the way of fruit aroma—maybe a hint of blackberry. Wow, a knockout on the palate, too. Here there is actually some elegant dark fruit, which gives a dash of juiciness to go with all the spice and leather and smoke and blood etc. from the nose. Perfectly judged ripeness, with good acid yet still generous and inviting. Smooth, satiny tannin and medium body, with a long, intense, perfumed finish that never seems to end.
This is just tremendous and in a beautiful drinking window. I think it will still develop just a little more since there is still some fruit hanging around, but I think the current state will be hard to beat. Such complexity but also generosity. Great Northern Rhône syrah by any measure and truly outstanding for Crozes. This is why I love this region and variety.
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J’ai toujours espéré retrouver un jour le magique Croze 1990, bu à 10 ans, mais en vain. Après des espoirs déçus avec les 1999 et 2003, j’avais hâte de voir le 2009 se comporter à près de 10 ans. Le miracle pouvait-il être reproduit?
Joli nez d’olives, fruit noir, un côté fumé, un peu de viande crue. La bouche montre une acidité élevée, comme tous les Graillot, c’est fruité et frais mais pas très profond, il a un peu perdu en éclat, sans gagner en complexité. C’est bon, mais pas meilleur que le 2014 pris récemment, voire moins charmeur. Relative déception en raison des attentes trop élevées, pour un vin de 28$. 88 pts
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Decanted for the short of an hour. Quite a lot of fine-caliber particles that will form a solid deposit in due time. Aromas open up fairly quickly and carry textbook developing perfumes, meaty and floral with serious complexity. The palate offers excellent concentration of open enough flavours, decomposing tannins, and solid structure with an extra plus for acidity, which bodes well for further cellaring. Should reach peak in five years and keep for the next decade.
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At its peak. Decant for at least half an hour before enjoying though. Bramble nose follows through on palate but the tannins have softened yet acidity still relatively high. Decanting gives the fruit a chance to round things out beautifully
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If you have this, drink it and you might be lucky. Second Magnum down and like the first one, it's fruit has disappeared. Might only be 9 years of age on the wine but it can't take it. Shame.
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Inky / leather / brett dominated nose. Takes some time to open up. This bottle is a bit dirty. There is some good peppery fruit underneath but I don’t this this is a good bottle as the brett overwhelms both the nose and palate. No score.
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Could certainly taste there was some age on there. Was expecting a lot more fruit but seems to have disappeared and thinned the wine out. Might be a duff bottle.
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Quite dark red, sign of maturity. Slightly meaty with earth, blackberry, blueberry, thyme in the bouquet. Full bodied with still present tannins. Perfectly balanced. A great wine, one of the best Crozes from Alain Graillot I have had in many years.
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Bright ruby, hint of purple. Quite rich, blueberries and blackberries. Touch of cocoa. Some violets. Cured meats. Bit of barnyard funk. Finesse, flowers and perfect fruit. Fine lively acidity. Medium plus length. Lovely.
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The first bottle of '09 Graillot that we open and drink. At first reductively meaty and somewhat uptight, but opens up in a great way over the next hour or three. Full-bodied and dark-fruited in a serious style with ripe, grippy, yet velvety tannins and firm enough acidity that brings structure, liveliness and length. Really enjoyable tonight, with upwards ten years of future.
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Bright ruby, hint of purple. Quite rich, blueberries and blackberries. Touch of cocoa. Some violets. Cured meats. Fine acidity. Medium plus length. Lovely if quite full.
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Rich nose with cedar, barnyard, ripe fruit. Nice fruit on palate with wood, garrigue, tobacco, and great acidity. Drinking very well now but should keep a bit longer.
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Popped and poured and enjoyed over two days. This was really fantastic on day one. The nose was extremely generous on both days and reminded me of a sweet perfume that I could smell all day. The palate was quite lively and fresh on day one with concentrated fruit - also quite good. On day two, it suffered from some oxidative notes but was still somewhat enjoyable. Overall, I really enjoy this producer and need to have more bottles in the cellar.
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Liten utvikling å spore, krekling og mørk frukt på duft. Fortsatt inntakt tanninstruktur. Litt usikker på hvor godt dette vil lagre videre, muligens noe tynnende frukt. Lar disse ligge noen år til for å se hva som skjer.
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Revisité ce classique après quelques années sans y avoir gouté. Beaucoup moins convainquant, semble essouflé! Le fruit est effacé et la finale un peu courte, nous est apparu un brin fade et aqueux!
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Amazingly vibrant with bramble fruit on the nose. Little to no sign of Syrah gaminess, just clean well balanced and still very young. I have 3 more bottles and will try to resist opening them for another year to check on their progress, as there seems to be much life to this still
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Un joli vin mais qui me semble moins intéressant qu'en jeunesse, ayant perdu son fruité et sa gourmandise. Il est très charmeur au nez, mais plus longiligne, ce qui lui donne un aspect plus mince.
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Garnet color. Nose is full of smoke and bacon mixed with sweet blackberry fruit. Nice! Palate explodes with flavor - ripe fruit, bright acidity. A complete wine and one of the best vintages of this wine I can think of. Will continue drinking well for a number of years. Fantastic QPR. (92)
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Deep, almost inky color. Dense on the palate with lots of dark fruit, earth, a bit of wood and something meaty. More in the style of a southern France mourvedre rather than a lean northern Rhone Syrah. Dry, medium bodied, dense structure and medium tannins. Good intensity and a good, long finish. This is plenty of wine for the bucks, but not really the style I want from northern Rhone as I think it lacks the spices and refreshing acidity that I one can find in this style of Syrah.
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In the search for the next big thing, solid wines like this often get overlooked. It's not flashy, but it is textbook Syrah. If I want someone to know what Syrah tastes like this is a perfect wine for them to drink. The fruit is dark. There are ample herbal and tar accents, and a finishing hit of roasted meat. Add to that the price of $30, and it's a mystery why I don't drink more of this.
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J’ai toujours eu un faible pour ce vin qui était une vraie bombe en jeunesse.
Aujourd’hui Le nez est bien parfumé et typé, sur les violettes, la cerise, le lard, une mini Côte Rôtie. La bouche est joliment fruitée, juteuse et de belle fraicheur, moins exubérante qu’en jeunesse, avec moins de gras, plus longiligne. La finale est courte et assez simple, avec des nuances herbacées. Ça reste délicieux, très charmeur, mais je ne trouve pas qu’il s’est amélioré. Je garde cependant un souvenir ému du 1999 bu à 10 ans d’âge alors je vais tenter d’attendre 2019 pour voir s’il gagne en complexité. J’en doute, je pense que son fruit croquant reste son plus bel atout. 90 pts
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This is not a good wine. Vintage of course makes itself heard, with too much fruit and not enough acidity/edge to balance things. 3:d and last bottle, will not grieve that, since the 2009 is simply not good. Too much ripe and almost jammy fruit. Perhaps another 5 – 10 years would have helped, but I doubt that this wine have all the ingredients to go all the way? (87 - 88)
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Textbook Crozes parfaitement à point, un conserve son fruit bien mur tout en étant moins "agressif" sur le plan de l'acidité. Inutile de le garder plus longtemps, il est délicieux ainsi.
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Why is it so many folks simply don't "get" Graillot wines? It's a thing. I for one, adore them, and have gleefully noted these wines in many other winemakers' cellars (regardless of country). They are a rock-solid, benchmark Northern Rhone syrah to my mind. This bottle was lovely, showed vibrant fruit in a lithe frame with a pleasantly earthy, slightly bitter finish. I love pairing Graillot Crozes with black bean burritos (often with grilled chicken; tonight with flank steak). Sad to see the last of my Graillot vertical disappear, but I regret nothing. Need to reconstitute my Graillot library!
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This has evolved nicely with more prominent black pepper notes and iron intermingled with tart cherry fruit, herbs and earth. Dry, fine tannins, moderate acidity and ending with a medium finish.
Tres pur, doté d'un fruit luxuriant, étincelant, vibrant, le nez est vraiment magique, floral sur la violette, poivré, frais. La bouche est moins impressionnante, mais de belle facture, c'est riche, fin, moyennement corsé, avec une belle acidité luminescente. Quel relief, quel éclat. Dommage que le vin soit un peu court en bouche.
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Still quite primary upon opening, the wine developed some notes of olive with aeration. Good acidity and a full mouthfeel promise a lot of life ahead for this wine, but with enough air it's quite delicious now, too.
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Un croze qui en a encore sous la pédale. Des arômes secondaires sur bouche ou la réglisse et des tannins légèrement encore rêches dominent. La longueur est bonne et le vin possède une petite pointe de chaleur. 89 sur 100.
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Beau vin, sur la réduction au départ, puis le vin évolue vers des notes associées à la syrah du Rhône nord (violette, olives, etc). Beaucoup de fraîcheur pour le millésime. Le fruit est moins exubérant qu'en jeunesse, on ressent davantage l'acidité et la structure, avec des tanins assez polis qui marquent la finale mais sans excès. Relativement souple et facile à boire, je suis de + en + convaincu après plusieurs expériences que les Crozes de Graillot sont des vins de soifs, digestes et gourmands, qu'on n'a pas besoin d'attendre longtemps, leur fruit de jeunesse étant trop délicieux pour le laisser partir. Ceux qui croient à une bonification avec l'âge se trompent je pense. Mes bouteilles restantes seront bues dans les 2 prochaines années. 90.
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Smokey nose, smoked ham, smoked sausages, herbs, cough medicine, olives, obvious burnt oak with vanilla and some rubber notes. On the palate deep and powerful dark blue and black fruit, ripe red plums, oak spices and a smoky touch. This is somewhat marked by the vintage, and will need time to come around. Rather big and bold right now, in the typical 2009 style.
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“Mixed Bag of Rhône Wines”-Tasting, Flight 3, Wine 2 (non-blind), in January 2014. The wine was dark ruby in colour and offered an expressive nose of burned rubber, red fruit, cherry, blackberry, coffee, spices, liquorice, leather and roasted note. On the flavourful palate the wine showed red fruit, cherry, raspberry and raspberry effervescent powder, paired with medium-plus acidity, medium-plus medium-grained tannin and good length. A medium- to full-bodied, balanced, medium-complex, well-structured wine. Drink now and over the next four to five years.
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Peut-être moins exubérant qu'à sa sortie, mais plus typique avec ces notes d'olives noires, de menthe, d'herbes et de fruit acidulé (cerise). Bouche fraîche, gouleyante, un vin d'une belle retenue classique pour le millésime. Très bien.
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Nice nose with somewhat warm but typical Syrah characteristics with smoke, bacon, herbs, olives and white and black pepper tones. The palate however, at this point anyway, is slightly disappointing, compared to previous vintages tasted. Perhaps a bit closed down on the palate at this point? Still young of course, and will (might)hopefully improve, but not really up to the same bang for the buck as I thought the 2008 for instance showed. This is something I have noticed in Graillot’s other Crozes too, La Guiraude, that has showed better in previous vintages. Still, nice Northern Rhône wine, with potential down the road. Let’s hope for improvement, as I really have enjoyed this wine in previous vintages. 88+
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PnV & drank over 1.5 hours. Floral fragrance framed by notes of tart red cherry, graphite, white pepper, earth & herbs. Tannins well integrated w/good mix of acidity, medium-bodied & a medium finish. Fruit slightly reticent, but grew w/more air. Made in a more traditional way, & think this should continue to improve over next few years.
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Notes of pepper and pencil shavings. That black magic marker you'd take a whiff of at school. Very little fruit on the nose or palate. Very nice structure, however. A very well-made wine; just not my cup of tea.
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P&P at restaurant, so conditions not conducive for noting color. Pulled from its slumber in the cellar and with no aeration, to my surprise the bouquet is singing Northern Rhone Syrah, with black olive, blackberry but also some red raspberry notes, roasted herbs, distinct blood iron, beef juice, black pepper, and minerals. A well-delineated and memorable nose I wanted to smell again and again. On the palate there was dense blackberries and licorice, with lots of blood, minerals, meat and some earth. Excellent concentration, some tangy acidity, and drying tannins that muscle stronger in the finish. Simply marvelous with loads of savory flavors and an excellent pairing with pairing with Polpette pasta and meathead pizza prepared in Northern Italy style. I would have scored it 91 but the finish tapers off rather quickly, which is a surprise given the concentration of flavors in the attack. Easily fulfilled its price point of 25.
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Mörkt Blåröd Mineral, vitpeppar, plommon, viol, vanilj, reduktiv Medelfyllig ännu outvecklad plommon, viol, fat, reduktiv m fin struktur bra syra o ännu aningen gröna tanniner, 8p+
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A beautiful young syrah. Wonderful fruit, with raspberry, plum, pepper, and meat. The nose reveals a fragrance such that I thought it might be blended with a little viognier; however, I have learned that this is 100% syrah. The perfume is wonderful. This is an easy to drink wine when young, but it has the stuffing to age for a good 10 years. Grapes are hand-picked, unstemmed with pumping-over for Crozes Hermitage. I bought this one bottle just to see what it's like. I'll definitely be buying more.
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About 1.5 years since my last bottle, and my first thought about this one is that it has lost its high notes, those N. Rhone Syrah floral and herb notes to the nose that are captivating and unique to Rhone Syrah. On the palate, this seems to have shifted from blue Syrah fruit to more black with traces of blue. This wine is good, but not special. On the second night, this has better focus and some tannins have emerged which better define the wine, along with a touch of red fruit to the palate, as well as brighter acidity than the first night. Good, but nothing especially memorable. I've not been as captivated as others by the 2009 N. Rhone vintage, finding it good but showing some degree of softness, and this wine seems to be in-line with my view, although the emergence of the structure on the second night would appear to cast doubts on that view.
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Härlig doft av mörka bär och viol. Lite mer än medelfylligt med smak av viol och mörk frukt. Mjuka tanniner, balanserad syra och skaplig avslutning. Passade perfekt till ugnsrostad lammytterfilé med potatisgrätäng med getost.
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Souper avec amis du bureau (départ M-M): Il a perdu son gras de bébé, ce n'est pas un vin aussi explosif qu'il y a 18 mois, où son exubérance retenait toute l'attention. Mais il évolue bien, avec les caractéristiques de la vendange entière qui ressortent davantage, affichant un coté herbacé qui donne de la fraîcheur. Un Croze assez puissant et complet, qui demeure tout un rapport qualité-prix. Il fut d'ailleurs le préféré du groupe face à Seigneur de Maugiron 2009 et Cayuse 2008! Dans l'état actuel, j'aurais tendance à attendre quelques années pour le voir se développer jusqu'en 2020. 90+ pts
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Très joli vin a bon rapport qualité-prix. Nez de pierre a fusil très marqué, associe et semblable a un vin naturel bu a Bruxelles (Cahors de Cosse Maisonneuve). Em bouche, une jolie expression du fruit. Goutez-le!
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Le nez est sur les fruits rouges, la viande,le poivre et les violettes. En bouche, c’est ample et gourmand avec du poivre assez dominant. La finale est assez longue avec un peu d’épices. Bien mais semble moins frais et vif que mes autres jusqu'ici!!!
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Pretty disappointed in this wine. Unbalanced, light fruit, pepper for days. I usually love the black pepper thing, but this fruit is so lacking that there is no saving it...AM
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Followed over several hours. Floral nose, with sweet violets, mixed with iodine and meat. Palate is finely focused with high acidity,tart red fruits, but a nice dose of iodine, blood, and subtle pepper. Finish is a tad short, but nice complexity with a meaty/gamey note coming through. very youthful and tightly wound. Should benefit from a few years. 89-90 (A touch below a recent offering from Delas)
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Compact blue-red colour, slightly more dense than the 2010 and with slightly darker edge. Rather powerful nose with blackberries and other dark berries, tar, smoke, spice, some animal notes and a hint of barnyard aromas. Ripe cherries and other dark berries, some note of sweet fruit in the attack, good acidity, tar and liquorice, slightly more than medium tannin that are rather noticeable mid-palate and in the aftertaste. Drinkable now, should improve with more developed notes and slightly more polished tannins. 88+ p. From a half bottle.
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Le nez est sur les fruits rouges, la viande,les fleurs et un peu le poivre, très discret en ce moment! En bouche, c’est ample avec un fruité gourmand! Il y a une belle fraicheur et c'est assez minéral (crayeux). Légère amertume en finale. Encore un fois bon, surtout avec le veau!
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Earlier this year I was surprised how good this Crozes-Hermitage is, very pure, fresh with a nice peppery finish, but these both new bottles seemed to be a different bottling, so quality is much worse and the typical Hermitage style can't be found.
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This was consumed out of a 375ml bottle. Lots and lots of fruit rushed up out of the glass, raspberries, blackberries, etc. Also notes of tar, black peppercorns, and hints of cinnamon. Full-bodied, young Crozes Hermitage on the palate. What I mean by that is there was a lot of concentrated fruit mixed with notes of garrigue and tar. Very pleasant to drink and showing a nice aging window. Drink now or hold till maybe 2018.
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Le nez est sur les fruits rouges, la viande, les violettes et un peu les épices, très discret en ce moment! En bouche, c’est ample avec un fruité croquant et gourmand! Il y a une belle fraicheur et c'est assez minéral (crayeux). Un peu jeune encore mais Bon vin encore une fois!
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Ripe raspberries and tart blackberries on the nose with violets, iron, game, herbs (perhaps some whole-cluster?) and black pepper on the nose with just a touch of minerality. Has some good tannic grip, but it is fairly fine grained and smooth. Superb balance with good acidity that brings good focus to the fruit. Could use time, but still very enjoyable.
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Beltramo's Northern Rhone Tasting: Broader than the Rostaing, and more funky, which keeps the overall profile more simple, but also deeper pitched and more impressive on the the finish.
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I am disappointed, and puzzled by this wine. I love the wines of the Northern Rhone, but this has way too much acidity without the fruit to balance. Others seem to like it, maybe a bad batch??? AM
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Olive, tar, and chalk on the nose. A bit of bacon fat as well. On the palate, I get a hint of plums, tart cherries and more meatiness. The finish is chalky minerality. I really enjoy this wine. My first Northern Rhone Syrah. Certainly won't be my last.
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Popped for an hour. A violet and crimson colour that is translucent. Locker room, raspberry, white pepper, game and flower shop. A medium finish; strewn tannins; subtle layers. Fresh with well-balanced acidity. Give this some time. Drink 2013 - 2019.
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Le nez est sur les fruits rouges, la viande, les fleurs et les épices. En bouche, c’est ample avec un fruité croquant et gourmand! Il y a une belle fraicheur. La finale est assez longue avec un peu d’épices. Bon vin encore une fois!
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The 2009 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage is gorgeous with ripe plum, blackberry, hoisin sauce, scorched earth, sweet licorice and mineral notes. This is really velvety on the palate and the finish lingers nicely. (Drink 2012-2018) - JD 91 Points
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Nothern Rhone $20 to $40; 11/23/2011-11/24/2011: Not sure why, but I have never been as much a fan of this bottling as others. Purple in color, the nose is dusty with some black cherries. It took some time to open. The palate is quite tart with dark cherries. Plenty of tannins. I have trouble dealing with the acidity though.
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High-toned raspberry, blueberry, loamy earth, pepper and violet aromas. Medium-bodied with bright juicy acidity with some tannins, but quite ripe and giving a very smooth impression. Very clean and pure and wonderful showing of Northern Rhone Syrah. Definitely has room to improve with some bottle age, but it's hard to lay off of it today as it drinking so well in its youth.
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Lovely nose of stable and dark berries. Consentrated, long. Taste complex, lots of berries, strong tannins and bright acidity. Satisfying budget norht-rhone
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Loads going on here. Burning rubber, floral, some greener-than-black pepper aromas, and a mass of fruit beyond that. Palate really erupts as the acid pushes all that in your face. A freshness that i find in Lapierre Morgon. And at least one or two of the 23 flavors in dr. pepper are in here as well. There is excitement in this there bottle.
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Now here is a wine. Needing time of course. Maybe a touch four-square. Maybe its the Moroccan Syrah from the last tasting that is holding my attention. Maybe a touch over at $33.99, maybe just needing time.
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- Purple color with medium forming legs and aromas of eucalyptus and raspberry. It's overly acidic with a medium body. Bright texture with a medium finish - Color is tending towards magenta with bright fresh smells. Garrigue and fresh cooking herbs on the nose along with red berries and mild white pepper. On the palate it is fairly acidic with more bright flavors of red berries. Enjoyable wine with high acidity and shallower depth of fruit concentration. Held up well on the second day.
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Beautiful nose of pitted black olives, violets, dark fruit and white pepper. On the palate this is silky smooth and very concentrated but not overripe. Beautiful lenght too with silky tannins. A bit shy at the moment, give it a few years and it will express itself more. Killer RQP.
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Dark and dense. Ravishing Syrah violets, menthol and smoke. Some ripeness on the nose, less so in the mouth, where it is medium weight with a tart, lean edge and a bit peppery at the end. Beautiful purity of varietal character. I'd give it a year or two for the palate to catch up with the aromatics, but still a really good mouthful now.
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Wow, so much roasted coffee on the nose of this! Like an oaky Bordeaux in a way, hmmm, there is good inky fruit too but the coffee is so strong it's hard to get past it. Bottle variation?
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On the nose, you can smell the syrah. White pepper with a hint of black olive tapenade and blackberries. On the palate, the attack is rich, again on blackberries and olives. Beautiful finesse here with visquous bacony texture that I enjoy so much out of my Northern Rhone syrahs. Lovely.
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Olives, fleurs mauves, poivre, un vin aérien, délicieux, fruit croquant et dense. Vraiment super plaisant, un must pour les amateurs de syrah. Déjà très gourmand, je ne pense pas que ce vin soit fait pour être gardé très longtemps.
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Le meilleur Crozes de Graillot que j'ai eu l'occasion de boire, excluant bien sûr La Guiraude. Un nez au départ timide, mais qui s'ouvre avec l'aération sur des notes de fruits mûrs et de viande fumée. Un nez qui annonce un vin bien mur, très loin des décevants 2007 et 2008. La bouche suit avec beaucoup d'ampleur et de densité, des tanins bien présents mais surtout une finale intense mais fraîche. Une grande réussite et probablement mon meilleur vin dans cette catégorie de prix cette année.
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Les vins de Graillot sont un bon baromètre de la qualité d'un millésime en Rhône Nord....plutôt minces et un peu verts dans les petits, ils ont une dimension étonnante dans les grands. Si on suit cette règle arbitraire, ce millésime sera très grand!
La couleur est sombre et brillante. Le nez discret, d'abord un peu d'élevage, caramel, torréfaction.. et quelques arômes classiques de viande crue, poivre et violette...mais en sourdine.
La bouche montre une puissance moyenne, ce qui veut dire solide pour cette appellation...elle montre une densité rare, voire sans précédent dans ce que j'ai goûté en Croze....sauf p-e leur 1999. Gorgé de fruit, belle fraîcheur et une texture séduisante, de classe. Des tanins veloutés donnent un certain sérieux à la finale, confirmant un potentiel de garde certain. Un Croze qui a davantage l'air d'un mini-Hermitage. Il offre déjà beaucoup de plaisir mais ce n'est pas un petit vin de soif. Un vin assez profond tout en restant très charmeur. Il me semble évident qu'il sera fabuleux en 2016 et au-delà. 91 pts
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Vibrant bright purple color. Beautiful N. Rhone Syrah aromatics of blue fruit and florals, that N. Rhone Syrah nose that is inviting and enticing. Palate shows lush blue fruit and marinaded black olives. There is good, slightly rough texture to this young wine, too. No degradation overnight, the wine remains inviting and the fruit very appealing, rounder and smoother than the first night. While there is a decent acidic spine, I am not detecting the tannin level that would suggest to me that this is one to keep for years and years. In-line with a couple of other '09 N. Rhones (Gonon and Barou's St. Joseph) that I find to be friendly and enjoyable today, but I am just not sure whether they have the underlying fortitude to go long in the cellar. JLL has suggested that some '09 N. Rhones are over-ripe. I'm not finding over-ripeness; I'm finding a surprising lack of underlying structure.
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Inky dark and brilliant in color, a bit of funk/sulfur on the nose that blows off and beneath loads of inky blueberry cassis. Needs time to settle down, will be better in 6 months or so...
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Deep purple. Gorgeous, wild, exuberant nose de Crozes that made me laugh out loud. Big, rich syrah fruit on the palate, but tightens up so dramatically with a few minutes of air that I suspect it's fixin' to hibernate. Drink right away or give a few years of rest.
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This was a repeat performance, tight and missing first night, under cork for two nights really opened showing fruit, spice, acid. Decant for a while or wait...AM
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Lovely classical Northern Rhone syrah, full of primary red and dark fruits with a peppery seasoning and a touch of stemmy greenness. The fruit's quite ripe and concentrated, but at the same time there's plenty of acidity underneath that keeps it very fresh and lively.
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89-90 (+?) Not quite sure how to rate this, and I NEVER thought I would say that this wine needs some oak treatment. Wow, I've never hoped for more oak, but I think it might add depth and complexity to this wine. Not looking for that over-the-top new oak thing, just some body, mouthfeel and spice that comes from seasoned oak. All that said this win really opened after 3-5 hours. White and green peppercorns on a smooth easy drinking style. Drink over the next 3-5 years, with lighter meats and sauces...AM
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A more dense and warmer wine than the previous vintages (as expected). Wonderful nose that creams purity and northern Rhône. A bit soft and muted on the palate, even a hint of cassis sweets. It is a mixture of the 2003 and 2005 vintage. Really good but not the best ever (the 2005 is still king)
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Compact, blueish dark red colour. Slightly sweetish fruity nose with very dark berries – blackcurrants, blackberries, blueberries, in combination with some some, tar and some spice (a very typical Syrah nose), some oak barrel notes, some vanilla. A serious nose. Slightly more than medium bodied, on palate sweet dark berries with clearly marked acidity – perhaps “cranberry-tasting blackberries”, noticeable tannin that is rather well embedded in the fruit. Good concentration. 87-88 p. Could have potential for a higher score, would benefit from calming down for a few months, because the palate gives a slightly disjointed impression. Tasted from half bottle.
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4/23/2023 - Anna@WineCellar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Red, clear, medium intensity. Developed, medium intensity nose. Floral whiff. Mint. Red fruit. On the palate dry, medium(+) acidity, medium(+), finegrained tannins, medium(+) body. 13% Taut, complex. Very good length with resistance in the afterfeel. Superb!
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3/12/2023 - Magnust Likes this wine:
Provad till beuf bourguignon tillsammans med cotes roti från Guigal resp Delas. Helt likvärdig och mycket bra till denna rätt.
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2/6/2023 - wwolf1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
De beaux parfums, quelques notes d'évolution mais le vin reste très bon. Toujours une belle matière, pas d'acidité comme parfois chez Graillot. C'est très bon.
15/20
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11/18/2022 - MC2 Wines wrote:
La Tablee: Graillot Dinner (Al Coro): You can really see the influence that Maxime had on the family estate which is interesting. Lots of acid, fruit, structure and very pretty style of winemaking.
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7/3/2022 - wwolf1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Robe sombre, un nez classique de syrah, en bouche le vin est toujours bien avec de beaux parfums, une belle matiere, une pointe d’acidité mais c'est très bon. Pas trop d’évolution mais le vin est à boire.
15/20
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1/3/2022 - wwolf1 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Toujours très bien: une belle expression de syrah au nez, en bouche il y a un peu d’acidité mais de beaux parfums, le vin est charnu avec une belle longueur. Peu de notes d’évolution, un très beau vin sur ce grand millésime.
16/20
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1/2/2022 - mat600 wrote: 92 Points
Tannins intégrés. Très bon. 92 sur 100.
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5/31/2021 - wwolf1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Un beau vin comme Graillot sait les faire : il lui faut du temps pour s'exprimer mais ensuite le vin est magnifique.
Ce millésime est plus reussi que le 2007 que j'ai bu avant car le vin est plus équilibré, avec moi d’acidité.
On a de beaux parfums, une belle longueur. C'est très bon.
15/20
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4/26/2021 - MatsRahm Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drinks beautifully now!
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3/7/2021 - d'Artagnan wrote: 90 Points
Ma dernière bouteille d'une caisse de 12. Meilleure que la précédente prise en janvier 2019.
Joli nez typé, de violette et de framboises, un peu d’olives. Bouche encore fraiche, gourmande, c’est très charmeur et savoureux. Acidité relativement basse pour ce producteur. Pas complexe, mais délicieux. Aucun intérêt à l'attendre davantage. 90 pts
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11/13/2020 - dbkitc wrote: 92 Points
Wow - this is a wonderful bottle of authentic Northern Rhone goodness. Saturated deep ruby color. The nose is a knockout: savory combination of dark fruit and beef stock. Deep and rich with a peppery finish. There is still some tannin present. All in all, a really enjoyable and classic wine that provides a lot of pleasure to this taster. Just love the medium weight combined with the rugged personality. A fall / winter wine, for sure. (92)
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11/8/2020 - pswe Likes this wine: 89 Points
A bit of the ageing can be spotted in the color now.
Nose is complex with typical notes to expect, stables, sausages.
First impression is a surprisingly fresh fruit. Long lasting taste which evolves into a very tasteful and well balanced experience. Drinks very well now, but given the freshness probably could last several more years.
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1/9/2020 - Finare Vinare wrote: 90 Points
Aromatically more closed than a year ago - it needs quite a lot of air, yet the perfumes never really open up. The palate has good acid-driven structure and comes across as classically well-built and balanced in a food-friendly way. A solid Syrah that finally needs more time, as concluded in last year's note.
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11/24/2019 - Baltazar Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still going strong, with lovely nose of gauze, blood, iron, wild berries and olives, followed by fresh and long taste with fine intensity and fully resolved tannins. Drink.
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7/9/2019 - JVG wrote:
Medium dark plum color. Lovely on the nose and extremely refined, with sweet spice, dried flowers, seared meat, toast, smoke, cedar, anise, and dusty cellar. Textbook Northern Rhône syrah with some age. Developed bouquet with very little in the way of fruit aroma—maybe a hint of blackberry. Wow, a knockout on the palate, too. Here there is actually some elegant dark fruit, which gives a dash of juiciness to go with all the spice and leather and smoke and blood etc. from the nose. Perfectly judged ripeness, with good acid yet still generous and inviting. Smooth, satiny tannin and medium body, with a long, intense, perfumed finish that never seems to end.
This is just tremendous and in a beautiful drinking window. I think it will still develop just a little more since there is still some fruit hanging around, but I think the current state will be hard to beat. Such complexity but also generosity. Great Northern Rhône syrah by any measure and truly outstanding for Crozes. This is why I love this region and variety.
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1/30/2019 - Johehn wrote: 91 Points
Really nice drinking window. Open up after about 30 min, and very enjoyable for the 2-3 days I had it. I think its better than both 2007 and 2008...
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1/15/2019 - d'Artagnan wrote: 88 Points
J’ai toujours espéré retrouver un jour le magique Croze 1990, bu à 10 ans, mais en vain. Après des espoirs déçus avec les 1999 et 2003, j’avais hâte de voir le 2009 se comporter à près de 10 ans. Le miracle pouvait-il être reproduit?
Joli nez d’olives, fruit noir, un côté fumé, un peu de viande crue. La bouche montre une acidité élevée, comme tous les Graillot, c’est fruité et frais mais pas très profond, il a un peu perdu en éclat, sans gagner en complexité. C’est bon, mais pas meilleur que le 2014 pris récemment, voire moins charmeur. Relative déception en raison des attentes trop élevées, pour un vin de 28$. 88 pts
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1/2/2019 - Finare Vinare wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for the short of an hour. Quite a lot of fine-caliber particles that will form a solid deposit in due time. Aromas open up fairly quickly and carry textbook developing perfumes, meaty and floral with serious complexity. The palate offers excellent concentration of open enough flavours, decomposing tannins, and solid structure with an extra plus for acidity, which bodes well for further cellaring. Should reach peak in five years and keep for the next decade.
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12/16/2018 - Mwkelly2 Likes this wine: 90 Points
At its peak. Decant for at least half an hour before enjoying though. Bramble nose follows through on palate but the tannins have softened yet acidity still relatively high. Decanting gives the fruit a chance to round things out beautifully
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11/23/2018 - DFBW wrote: 87 Points
If you have this, drink it and you might be lucky. Second Magnum down and like the first one, it's fruit has disappeared. Might only be 9 years of age on the wine but it can't take it. Shame.
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10/22/2018 - dbkitc wrote: flawed
Inky / leather / brett dominated nose. Takes some time to open up. This bottle is a bit dirty. There is some good peppery fruit underneath but I don’t this this is a good bottle as the brett overwhelms both the nose and palate. No score.
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8/17/2018 - DFBW Likes this wine: 87 Points
Could certainly taste there was some age on there. Was expecting a lot more fruit but seems to have disappeared and thinned the wine out. Might be a duff bottle.
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8/7/2018 - InVinjeVeritas wrote: 86 Points
Not very expressive, although fruit seemed intact. Might be a bad bottle, some kind of phase, or a bad bottle.
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3/17/2018 - AURUM Likes this wine: 91 Points
Quite dark red, sign of maturity. Slightly meaty with earth, blackberry, blueberry, thyme in the bouquet. Full bodied with still present tannins. Perfectly balanced. A great wine, one of the best Crozes from Alain Graillot I have had in many years.
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12/30/2017 - AnnaTheBell wrote: 88 Points
Well balanced. Not to "heavy". Fruity.
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11/18/2017 - cannym Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bright ruby, hint of purple. Quite rich, blueberries and blackberries. Touch of cocoa. Some violets. Cured meats. Bit of barnyard funk. Finesse, flowers and perfect fruit. Fine lively acidity. Medium plus length. Lovely.
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11/17/2017 - Markus IWC wrote: 90 Points
Dark purple red. Mature nose with blue fruit, campfire, sausage, blackberry, blood and iron. Still fresh in the palate, nice acidity.
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6/28/2017 - Finare Vinare wrote: 92 Points
The first bottle of '09 Graillot that we open and drink. At first reductively meaty and somewhat uptight, but opens up in a great way over the next hour or three. Full-bodied and dark-fruited in a serious style with ripe, grippy, yet velvety tannins and firm enough acidity that brings structure, liveliness and length. Really enjoyable tonight, with upwards ten years of future.
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6/2/2017 - Patrik H Likes this wine: 88 Points
On the nose: Cedar, dark fruit, white pepper, hint of oak.
On the palate: Dark fruit, meat, white pepper, high acidity
Medium + finish
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6/2/2017 - cannym Likes this wine: 90 Points
Bright ruby, hint of purple. Quite rich, blueberries and blackberries. Touch of cocoa. Some violets. Cured meats. Fine acidity. Medium plus length. Lovely if quite full.
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4/23/2017 - Doblk Likes this wine: 90 Points
Rich nose with cedar, barnyard, ripe fruit. Nice fruit on palate with wood, garrigue, tobacco, and great acidity. Drinking very well now but should keep a bit longer.
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3/31/2017 - EhrlichDY wrote:
Popped and poured and enjoyed over two days. This was really fantastic on day one. The nose was extremely generous on both days and reminded me of a sweet perfume that I could smell all day. The palate was quite lively and fresh on day one with concentrated fruit - also quite good. On day two, it suffered from some oxidative notes but was still somewhat enjoyable. Overall, I really enjoy this producer and need to have more bottles in the cellar.
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3/26/2017 - Henda wrote: 88 Points
Liten utvikling å spore, krekling og mørk frukt på duft. Fortsatt inntakt tanninstruktur. Litt usikker på hvor godt dette vil lagre videre, muligens noe tynnende frukt. Lar disse ligge noen år til for å se hva som skjer.
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1/11/2017 - maxima wrote: 86 Points
Revisité ce classique après quelques années sans y avoir gouté.
Beaucoup moins convainquant, semble essouflé!
Le fruit est effacé et la finale un peu courte, nous est apparu un brin fade et aqueux!
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12/30/2016 - Mwkelly2 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Amazingly vibrant with bramble fruit on the nose. Little to no sign of Syrah gaminess, just clean well balanced and still very young. I have 3 more bottles and will try to resist opening them for another year to check on their progress, as there seems to be much life to this still
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12/4/2016 - ludwigbpm wrote: 90 Points
Un joli vin mais qui me semble moins intéressant qu'en jeunesse, ayant perdu son fruité et sa gourmandise. Il est très charmeur au nez, mais plus longiligne, ce qui lui donne un aspect plus mince.
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11/4/2016 - LT98 wrote: 92 Points
deep dark and balanced, smoky notes, classic syrah mouthfeel and gamy scents. A bit less barnyard than other years. A steal for the price.
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9/11/2016 - dbkitc wrote: 92 Points
Garnet color. Nose is full of smoke and bacon mixed with sweet blackberry fruit. Nice! Palate explodes with flavor - ripe fruit, bright acidity. A complete wine and one of the best vintages of this wine I can think of. Will continue drinking well for a number of years. Fantastic QPR. (92)
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9/6/2016 - Lilja wrote: 89 Points
Deep, almost inky color. Dense on the palate with lots of dark fruit, earth, a bit of wood and something meaty. More in the style of a southern France mourvedre rather than a lean northern Rhone Syrah. Dry, medium bodied, dense structure and medium tannins. Good intensity and a good, long finish. This is plenty of wine for the bucks, but not really the style I want from northern Rhone as I think it lacks the spices and refreshing acidity that I one can find in this style of Syrah.
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5/1/2016 - Rieslingfan wrote:
In the search for the next big thing, solid wines like this often get overlooked. It's not flashy, but it is textbook Syrah. If I want someone to know what Syrah tastes like this is a perfect wine for them to drink. The fruit is dark. There are ample herbal and tar accents, and a finishing hit of roasted meat. Add to that the price of $30, and it's a mystery why I don't drink more of this.
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4/29/2016 - eljocco Likes this wine: 92 Points
Riktigt bra nu! Jordig,fyllig, mycket trevlig.
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4/13/2016 - asheio wrote: 89 Points
Textbook North Rhone. Flesh, forest fruit and pepper. Straight forward, but very enjoyable.
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3/19/2016 - jpeldin Likes this wine: 91 Points
Quite a lot better now compared with one year back. Very rich / full bodied and the tannins are now toned down. Just to pop and drink now!
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2/24/2016 - d'Artagnan wrote: 90 Points
J’ai toujours eu un faible pour ce vin qui était une vraie bombe en jeunesse.
Aujourd’hui Le nez est bien parfumé et typé, sur les violettes, la cerise, le lard, une mini Côte Rôtie. La bouche est joliment fruitée, juteuse et de belle fraicheur, moins exubérante qu’en jeunesse, avec moins de gras, plus longiligne. La finale est courte et assez simple, avec des nuances herbacées. Ça reste délicieux, très charmeur, mais je ne trouve pas qu’il s’est amélioré. Je garde cependant un souvenir ému du 1999 bu à 10 ans d’âge alors je vais tenter d’attendre 2019 pour voir s’il gagne en complexité. J’en doute, je pense que son fruit croquant reste son plus bel atout. 90 pts
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2/15/2016 - Villon wrote: 90 Points
Encore une fois même constat: le vin est très bon mais moins intéressant qu'en jeunesse!
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12/31/2015 - Ramberg wrote: 87 Points
This is not a good wine.
Vintage of course makes itself heard, with too much fruit and not enough acidity/edge to balance things.
3:d and last bottle, will not grieve that, since the 2009 is simply not good.
Too much ripe and almost jammy fruit.
Perhaps another 5 – 10 years would have helped, but I doubt that this wine have all the ingredients to go all the way?
(87 - 88)
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12/16/2015 - ludwigbpm wrote: 92 Points
Textbook Crozes parfaitement à point, un conserve son fruit bien mur tout en étant moins "agressif" sur le plan de l'acidité. Inutile de le garder plus longtemps, il est délicieux ainsi.
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12/3/2015 - Gargantua Likes this wine: 90 Points
Why is it so many folks simply don't "get" Graillot wines? It's a thing. I for one, adore them, and have gleefully noted these wines in many other winemakers' cellars (regardless of country). They are a rock-solid, benchmark Northern Rhone syrah to my mind. This bottle was lovely, showed vibrant fruit in a lithe frame with a pleasantly earthy, slightly bitter finish. I love pairing Graillot Crozes with black bean burritos (often with grilled chicken; tonight with flank steak). Sad to see the last of my Graillot vertical disappear, but I regret nothing. Need to reconstitute my Graillot library!
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7/19/2015 - DRS-Inc wrote: 91 Points
This has evolved nicely with more prominent black pepper notes and iron intermingled with tart cherry fruit, herbs and earth. Dry, fine tannins, moderate acidity and ending with a medium finish.
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4/19/2015 - flund wrote: 88 Points
Mycket primärfrukt. Kan sparas flera år till.
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3/29/2015 - Raage wrote: 92 Points
Tres pur, doté d'un fruit luxuriant, étincelant, vibrant, le nez est vraiment magique, floral sur la violette, poivré, frais. La bouche est moins impressionnante, mais de belle facture, c'est riche, fin, moyennement corsé, avec une belle acidité luminescente. Quel relief, quel éclat.
Dommage que le vin soit un peu court en bouche.
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12/3/2014 - MLipton wrote:
Still quite primary upon opening, the wine developed some notes of olive with aeration. Good acidity and a full mouthfeel promise a lot of life ahead for this wine, but with enough air it's quite delicious now, too.
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10/18/2014 - eljocco Likes this wine: 90 Points
Fortfarande väldigt fylld av frukt. Endel tanniner fortfarande som balanserar frukten bra till smakrik mat. Kommer utvecklas några år till.
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10/16/2014 - mat600 wrote: 89 Points
Un croze qui en a encore sous la pédale. Des arômes secondaires sur bouche ou la réglisse et des tannins légèrement encore rêches dominent. La longueur est bonne et le vin possède une petite pointe de chaleur. 89 sur 100.
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9/13/2014 - Ardross wrote: 91 Points
Textbook Syrah .
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9/8/2014 - Villon wrote: 90 Points
Beau vin, sur la réduction au départ, puis le vin évolue vers des notes associées à la syrah du Rhône nord (violette, olives, etc). Beaucoup de fraîcheur pour le millésime. Le fruit est moins exubérant qu'en jeunesse, on ressent davantage l'acidité et la structure, avec des tanins assez polis qui marquent la finale mais sans excès. Relativement souple et facile à boire, je suis de + en + convaincu après plusieurs expériences que les Crozes de Graillot sont des vins de soifs, digestes et gourmands, qu'on n'a pas besoin d'attendre longtemps, leur fruit de jeunesse étant trop délicieux pour le laisser partir. Ceux qui croient à une bonification avec l'âge se trompent je pense. Mes bouteilles restantes seront bues dans les 2 prochaines années. 90.
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6/25/2014 - Ramberg wrote: 88 Points
Smokey nose, smoked ham, smoked sausages, herbs, cough medicine, olives, obvious burnt oak with vanilla and some rubber notes.
On the palate deep and powerful dark blue and black fruit, ripe red plums, oak spices and a smoky touch.
This is somewhat marked by the vintage, and will need time to come around.
Rather big and bold right now, in the typical 2009 style.
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1/3/2014 - PSPatrick wrote: 88 Points
“Mixed Bag of Rhône Wines”-Tasting, Flight 3, Wine 2 (non-blind), in January 2014. The wine was dark ruby in colour and offered an expressive nose of burned rubber, red fruit, cherry, blackberry, coffee, spices, liquorice, leather and roasted note. On the flavourful palate the wine showed red fruit, cherry, raspberry and raspberry effervescent powder, paired with medium-plus acidity, medium-plus medium-grained tannin and good length. A medium- to full-bodied, balanced, medium-complex, well-structured wine. Drink now and over the next four to five years.
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12/27/2013 - ludwigbpm wrote: 91 Points
Peut-être moins exubérant qu'à sa sortie, mais plus typique avec ces notes d'olives noires, de menthe, d'herbes et de fruit acidulé (cerise). Bouche fraîche, gouleyante, un vin d'une belle retenue classique pour le millésime. Très bien.
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11/29/2013 - jrbearden wrote:
finally opening up a bit
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10/27/2013 - dmalcolm wrote: 84 Points
Red and dark fruits, peppery, and a little dry and austere. Good by unremarkable.
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9/21/2013 - Ramberg wrote: 88 Points
Nice nose with somewhat warm but typical Syrah characteristics with smoke, bacon, herbs, olives and white and black pepper tones.
The palate however, at this point anyway, is slightly disappointing, compared to previous vintages tasted.
Perhaps a bit closed down on the palate at this point?
Still young of course, and will (might)hopefully improve, but not really up to the same bang for the buck as I thought the 2008 for instance showed.
This is something I have noticed in Graillot’s other Crozes too, La Guiraude, that has showed better in previous vintages.
Still, nice Northern Rhône wine, with potential down the road.
Let’s hope for improvement, as I really have enjoyed this wine in previous vintages.
88+
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9/19/2013 - DRS-Inc wrote: 89 Points
PnV & drank over 1.5 hours. Floral fragrance framed by notes of tart red cherry, graphite, white pepper, earth & herbs. Tannins well integrated w/good mix of acidity, medium-bodied & a medium finish. Fruit slightly reticent, but grew w/more air. Made in a more traditional way, & think this should continue to improve over next few years.
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9/18/2013 - Senor_Underhill Does not like this wine:
Notes of pepper and pencil shavings. That black magic marker you'd take a whiff of at school. Very little fruit on the nose or palate. Very nice structure, however. A very well-made wine; just not my cup of tea.
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9/17/2013 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
smoky nose, plums
very fresh feminine, light
fruit, fun
still very primary
will develop I'm sure
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8/12/2013 - Vinacull wrote: 90 Points
P&P at restaurant, so conditions not conducive for noting color. Pulled from its slumber in the cellar and with no aeration, to my surprise the bouquet is singing Northern Rhone Syrah, with black olive, blackberry but also some red raspberry notes, roasted herbs, distinct blood iron, beef juice, black pepper, and minerals. A well-delineated and memorable nose I wanted to smell again and again. On the palate there was dense blackberries and licorice, with lots of blood, minerals, meat and some earth. Excellent concentration, some tangy acidity, and drying tannins that muscle stronger in the finish. Simply marvelous with loads of savory flavors and an excellent pairing with pairing with Polpette pasta and meathead pizza prepared in Northern Italy style. I would have scored it 91 but the finish tapers off rather quickly, which is a surprise given the concentration of flavors in the attack. Easily fulfilled its price point of 25.
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5/25/2013 - jazzb wrote:
Mörkt Blåröd
Mineral, vitpeppar, plommon, viol, vanilj, reduktiv
Medelfyllig ännu outvecklad plommon, viol, fat, reduktiv m fin struktur bra syra o ännu aningen gröna tanniner,
8p+
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4/22/2013 - Haggis Likes this wine: 90 Points
A beautiful young syrah. Wonderful fruit, with raspberry, plum, pepper, and meat. The nose reveals a fragrance such that I thought it might be blended with a little viognier; however, I have learned that this is 100% syrah. The perfume is wonderful. This is an easy to drink wine when young, but it has the stuffing to age for a good 10 years. Grapes are hand-picked, unstemmed with pumping-over for Crozes Hermitage. I bought this one bottle just to see what it's like. I'll definitely be buying more.
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4/20/2013 - Pknut wrote:
About 1.5 years since my last bottle, and my first thought about this one is that it has lost its high notes, those N. Rhone Syrah floral and herb notes to the nose that are captivating and unique to Rhone Syrah. On the palate, this seems to have shifted from blue Syrah fruit to more black with traces of blue. This wine is good, but not special. On the second night, this has better focus and some tannins have emerged which better define the wine, along with a touch of red fruit to the palate, as well as brighter acidity than the first night. Good, but nothing especially memorable. I've not been as captivated as others by the 2009 N. Rhone vintage, finding it good but showing some degree of softness, and this wine seems to be in-line with my view, although the emergence of the structure on the second night would appear to cast doubts on that view.
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4/16/2013 - Conde Likes this wine: 90 Points
Härlig doft av mörka bär och viol. Lite mer än medelfylligt med smak av viol och mörk frukt. Mjuka tanniner, balanserad syra och skaplig avslutning. Passade perfekt till ugnsrostad lammytterfilé med potatisgrätäng med getost.
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2/16/2013 - d'Artagnan wrote: 90 Points
Souper avec amis du bureau (départ M-M): Il a perdu son gras de bébé, ce n'est pas un vin aussi explosif qu'il y a 18 mois, où son exubérance retenait toute l'attention. Mais il évolue bien, avec les caractéristiques de la vendange entière qui ressortent davantage, affichant un coté herbacé qui donne de la fraîcheur. Un Croze assez puissant et complet, qui demeure tout un rapport qualité-prix. Il fut d'ailleurs le préféré du groupe face à Seigneur de Maugiron 2009 et Cayuse 2008! Dans l'état actuel, j'aurais tendance à attendre quelques années pour le voir se développer jusqu'en 2020. 90+ pts
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2/15/2013 - jtinto Likes this wine: 90 Points
Fresh, balancing acidity, medium weight, spice, medium long finish, tangy. Terrific value.
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2/7/2013 - rdewolff wrote: 90 Points
Très joli vin a bon rapport qualité-prix.
Nez de pierre a fusil très marqué, associe et semblable a un vin naturel bu a Bruxelles (Cahors de Cosse Maisonneuve).
Em bouche, une jolie expression du fruit. Goutez-le!
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2/2/2013 - Samsara Likes this wine: 85 Points
Sec, moyennement corsé, fruité et épicé. Belle concentration, équilibre réussi entre le fruit, l'acidité et la finale légèrement fumée.
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1/11/2013 - Henrycastro wrote: 90 Points
Great olive on the nose. Smell some collection of herbs. Great smooth taste with balanced acidity. Glad to have 2 more bottles in the cellar.
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1/5/2013 - asvendsen wrote: 88 Points
Blackberries and blueberries. Good fruit, but very primary. Balance, but a bit short finnish.
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12/8/2012 - maxima wrote: 88 Points
Le nez est sur les fruits rouges, la viande,le poivre et les violettes.
En bouche, c’est ample et gourmand avec du poivre assez dominant. La finale est assez longue avec un peu d’épices.
Bien mais semble moins frais et vif que mes autres jusqu'ici!!!
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11/18/2012 - AMM3RD wrote: 84 Points
Pretty disappointed in this wine. Unbalanced, light fruit, pepper for days. I usually love the black pepper thing, but this fruit is so lacking that there is no saving it...AM
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10/7/2012 - Nutty08 wrote: 90 Points
Followed over several hours. Floral nose, with sweet violets, mixed with iodine and meat. Palate is finely focused with high acidity,tart red fruits, but a nice dose of iodine, blood, and subtle pepper. Finish is a tad short, but nice complexity with a meaty/gamey note coming through. very youthful and tightly wound. Should benefit from a few years. 89-90 (A touch below a recent offering from Delas)
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10/1/2012 - Vintomas wrote: 88 Points
Compact blue-red colour, slightly more dense than the 2010 and with slightly darker edge. Rather powerful nose with blackberries and other dark berries, tar, smoke, spice, some animal notes and a hint of barnyard aromas. Ripe cherries and other dark berries, some note of sweet fruit in the attack, good acidity, tar and liquorice, slightly more than medium tannin that are rather noticeable mid-palate and in the aftertaste. Drinkable now, should improve with more developed notes and slightly more polished tannins. 88+ p.
From a half bottle.
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8/12/2012 - maxima wrote: 88 Points
Le nez est sur les fruits rouges, la viande,les fleurs et un peu le poivre, très discret en ce moment!
En bouche, c’est ample avec un fruité gourmand! Il y a une belle fraicheur et c'est assez minéral (crayeux). Légère amertume en finale.
Encore un fois bon, surtout avec le veau!
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8/11/2012 - MQuentel@web.de wrote: 85 Points
Earlier this year I was surprised how good this Crozes-Hermitage is, very pure, fresh with a nice peppery finish, but these both new bottles seemed to be a different bottling, so quality is much worse and the typical Hermitage style can't be found.
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8/6/2012 - marc d wrote:
Open at first then seemed to clamp down with air. Drink very soon or better yet wait a few years.
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7/31/2012 - PhDP Likes this wine:
Fruit magnifique et frais
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7/12/2012 - ucbeau wrote: 88 Points
This was consumed out of a 375ml bottle. Lots and lots of fruit rushed up out of the glass, raspberries, blackberries, etc. Also notes of tar, black peppercorns, and hints of cinnamon. Full-bodied, young Crozes Hermitage on the palate. What I mean by that is there was a lot of concentrated fruit mixed with notes of garrigue and tar. Very pleasant to drink and showing a nice aging window. Drink now or hold till maybe 2018.
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6/12/2012 - maxima wrote: 88 Points
Le nez est sur les fruits rouges, la viande, les violettes et un peu les épices, très discret en ce moment!
En bouche, c’est ample avec un fruité croquant et gourmand! Il y a une belle fraicheur et c'est assez minéral (crayeux).
Un peu jeune encore mais Bon vin encore une fois!
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4/23/2012 - wickedwax wrote:
Ripe raspberries and tart blackberries on the nose with violets, iron, game, herbs (perhaps some whole-cluster?) and black pepper on the nose with just a touch of minerality. Has some good tannic grip, but it is fairly fine grained and smooth. Superb balance with good acidity that brings good focus to the fruit. Could use time, but still very enjoyable.
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4/21/2012 - silton wrote: 90 Points
Beltramo's Northern Rhone Tasting: Broader than the Rostaing, and more funky, which keeps the overall profile more simple, but also deeper pitched and more impressive on the the finish.
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4/9/2012 - AMM3RD wrote:
I am disappointed, and puzzled by this wine. I love the wines of the Northern Rhone, but this has way too much acidity without the fruit to balance. Others seem to like it, maybe a bad batch??? AM
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4/8/2012 - Joe_Montana wrote: 89 Points
Buena nariz. En boca acidez y tanicidad. un punto rustico. Falta botella.
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4/1/2012 - Bar57 Likes this wine: 89 Points
hedonistic syrah 2012-2017
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3/23/2012 - jrbearden wrote: 87 Points
Nose of roast pork and mild spice. A little too tannic. Should sit for a while.
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3/18/2012 - danstrings wrote: 87 Points
Inky dark, heady black fruit and BBQ campfirey elements, exotic...
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3/6/2012 - defnefferson wrote: 92 Points
Olive, tar, and chalk on the nose. A bit of bacon fat as well. On the palate, I get a hint of plums, tart cherries and more meatiness. The finish is chalky minerality. I really enjoy this wine. My first Northern Rhone Syrah. Certainly won't be my last.
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2/11/2012 - Matt Scott wrote: 90 Points
In Wailea.....
Popped for an hour. A violet and crimson colour that is translucent. Locker room, raspberry, white pepper, game and flower shop. A medium finish; strewn tannins; subtle layers. Fresh with well-balanced acidity. Give this some time. Drink 2013 - 2019.
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2/4/2012 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Seemed a bit over the hill, or maybe under the hill, or maybe just not performing like I think it should.
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1/30/2012 - maxima wrote: 89 Points
Le nez est sur les fruits rouges, la viande, les fleurs et les épices.
En bouche, c’est ample avec un fruité croquant et gourmand! Il y a une belle fraicheur. La finale est assez longue avec un peu d’épices.
Bon vin encore une fois!
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1/29/2012 - marc d wrote:
For me it needs more time. It is pretty exuberant, mix of darker fruit and black olive tapenade.
Good acidity and fairly tannic.
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1/28/2012 - Headless wrote: 91 Points
Consistent with other notes.
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12/23/2011 - PhDP wrote:
Une chose est sûre: trop jeune. Tannins encore rêches, manque d'harmonie, aromatique brouillonne. Néanmoins, aucune raison d'être négatif.
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12/12/2011 - InternationalWineReport wrote: 91 Points
The 2009 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage is gorgeous with ripe plum, blackberry, hoisin sauce, scorched earth, sweet licorice and mineral notes. This is really velvety on the palate and the finish lingers nicely. (Drink 2012-2018) - JD 91 Points
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11/23/2011 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 87 Points
Nothern Rhone $20 to $40; 11/23/2011-11/24/2011: Not sure why, but I have never been as much a fan of this bottling as others. Purple in color, the nose is dusty with some black cherries. It took some time to open. The palate is quite tart with dark cherries. Plenty of tannins. I have trouble dealing with the acidity though.
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11/16/2011 - wickedwax wrote:
High-toned raspberry, blueberry, loamy earth, pepper and violet aromas. Medium-bodied with bright juicy acidity with some tannins, but quite ripe and giving a very smooth impression. Very clean and pure and wonderful showing of Northern Rhone Syrah. Definitely has room to improve with some bottle age, but it's hard to lay off of it today as it drinking so well in its youth.
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11/3/2011 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Tasting better than a week ago. Served too cold notes Richard.
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10/29/2011 - .M. wrote: 89 Points
Lovely nose of stable and dark berries. Consentrated, long. Taste complex, lots of berries, strong tannins and bright acidity. Satisfying budget norht-rhone
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10/25/2011 - nzinkgraf wrote:
Loads going on here. Burning rubber, floral, some greener-than-black pepper aromas, and a mass of fruit beyond that. Palate really erupts as the acid pushes all that in your face. A freshness that i find in Lapierre Morgon. And at least one or two of the 23 flavors in dr. pepper are in here as well. There is excitement in this there bottle.
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10/25/2011 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Now here is a wine. Needing time of course. Maybe a touch four-square. Maybe its the Moroccan Syrah from the last tasting that is holding my attention. Maybe a touch over at $33.99, maybe just needing time.
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10/22/2011 - djdaqm wrote: 90 Points
- Purple color with medium forming legs and aromas of eucalyptus and raspberry. It's overly acidic with a medium body. Bright texture with a medium finish - Color is tending towards magenta with bright fresh smells. Garrigue and fresh cooking herbs on the nose along with red berries and mild white pepper. On the palate it is fairly acidic with more bright flavors of red berries. Enjoyable wine with high acidity and shallower depth of fruit concentration. Held up well on the second day.
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10/12/2011 - strad wrote: 89 Points
Promising croze with 1 caveat being there was a green vegetal aspect to the palate that was distracting.
Perhaps it will integrate with aging.
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9/28/2011 - Headless wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful nose of pitted black olives, violets, dark fruit and white pepper. On the palate this is silky smooth and very concentrated but not overripe. Beautiful lenght too with silky tannins. A bit shy at the moment, give it a few years and it will express itself more. Killer RQP.
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9/27/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Dark and dense. Ravishing Syrah violets, menthol and smoke. Some ripeness on the nose, less so in the mouth, where it is medium weight with a tart, lean edge and a bit peppery at the end. Beautiful purity of varietal character. I'd give it a year or two for the palate to catch up with the aromatics, but still a really good mouthful now.
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9/26/2011 - JJKinch wrote: 90 Points
Good dark fruit (blueberry/ blackberry), slight olive, slight peppercorn, slight spice, good balance. Nice acidity. Drinking well - really enjoyable.
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8/29/2011 - danstrings wrote: 87 Points
Wow, so much roasted coffee on the nose of this! Like an oaky Bordeaux in a way, hmmm, there is good inky fruit too but the coffee is so strong it's hard to get past it. Bottle variation?
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8/12/2011 - Headless wrote: 91 Points
On the nose, you can smell the syrah. White pepper with a hint of black olive tapenade and blackberries. On the palate, the attack is rich, again on blackberries and olives. Beautiful finesse here with visquous bacony texture that I enjoy so much out of my Northern Rhone syrahs. Lovely.
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7/27/2011 - Villon wrote: 91 Points
Olives, fleurs mauves, poivre, un vin aérien, délicieux, fruit croquant et dense. Vraiment super plaisant, un must pour les amateurs de syrah. Déjà très gourmand, je ne pense pas que ce vin soit fait pour être gardé très longtemps.
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7/21/2011 - ludwigbpm wrote: 92 Points
Le meilleur Crozes de Graillot que j'ai eu l'occasion de boire, excluant bien sûr La Guiraude. Un nez au départ timide, mais qui s'ouvre avec l'aération sur des notes de fruits mûrs et de viande fumée. Un nez qui annonce un vin bien mur, très loin des décevants 2007 et 2008. La bouche suit avec beaucoup d'ampleur et de densité, des tanins bien présents mais surtout une finale intense mais fraîche. Une grande réussite et probablement mon meilleur vin dans cette catégorie de prix cette année.
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7/19/2011 - d'Artagnan wrote: 91 Points
Les vins de Graillot sont un bon baromètre de la qualité d'un millésime en Rhône Nord....plutôt minces et un peu verts dans les petits, ils ont une dimension étonnante dans les grands. Si on suit cette règle arbitraire, ce millésime sera très grand!
La couleur est sombre et brillante. Le nez discret, d'abord un peu d'élevage, caramel, torréfaction.. et quelques arômes classiques de viande crue, poivre et violette...mais en sourdine.
La bouche montre une puissance moyenne, ce qui veut dire solide pour cette appellation...elle montre une densité rare, voire sans précédent dans ce que j'ai goûté en Croze....sauf p-e leur 1999. Gorgé de fruit, belle fraîcheur et une texture séduisante, de classe.
Des tanins veloutés donnent un certain sérieux à la finale, confirmant un potentiel de garde certain. Un Croze qui a davantage l'air d'un mini-Hermitage. Il offre déjà beaucoup de plaisir mais ce n'est pas un petit vin de soif. Un vin assez profond tout en restant très charmeur. Il me semble évident qu'il sera fabuleux en 2016 et au-delà. 91 pts
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7/16/2011 - Pknut wrote:
Vibrant bright purple color. Beautiful N. Rhone Syrah aromatics of blue fruit and florals, that N. Rhone Syrah nose that is inviting and enticing. Palate shows lush blue fruit and marinaded black olives. There is good, slightly rough texture to this young wine, too. No degradation overnight, the wine remains inviting and the fruit very appealing, rounder and smoother than the first night. While there is a decent acidic spine, I am not detecting the tannin level that would suggest to me that this is one to keep for years and years. In-line with a couple of other '09 N. Rhones (Gonon and Barou's St. Joseph) that I find to be friendly and enjoyable today, but I am just not sure whether they have the underlying fortitude to go long in the cellar. JLL has suggested that some '09 N. Rhones are over-ripe. I'm not finding over-ripeness; I'm finding a surprising lack of underlying structure.
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7/10/2011 - danstrings wrote: 89 Points
Inky dark and brilliant in color, a bit of funk/sulfur on the nose that blows off and beneath loads of inky blueberry cassis. Needs time to settle down, will be better in 6 months or so...
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6/17/2011 - darvid wrote:
Deep purple. Gorgeous, wild, exuberant nose de Crozes that made me laugh out loud. Big, rich syrah fruit on the palate, but tightens up so dramatically with a few minutes of air that I suspect it's fixin' to hibernate. Drink right away or give a few years of rest.
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5/9/2011 - AMM3RD wrote:
This was a repeat performance, tight and missing first night, under cork for two nights really opened showing fruit, spice, acid. Decant for a while or wait...AM
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5/3/2011 - salil wrote: 89 Points
Lovely classical Northern Rhone syrah, full of primary red and dark fruits with a peppery seasoning and a touch of stemmy greenness. The fruit's quite ripe and concentrated, but at the same time there's plenty of acidity underneath that keeps it very fresh and lively.
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4/23/2011 - AMM3RD wrote:
89-90 (+?) Not quite sure how to rate this, and I NEVER thought I would say that this wine needs some oak treatment. Wow, I've never hoped for more oak, but I think it might add depth and complexity to this wine. Not looking for that over-the-top new oak thing, just some body, mouthfeel and spice that comes from seasoned oak. All that said this win really opened after 3-5 hours. White and green peppercorns on a smooth easy drinking style. Drink over the next 3-5 years, with lighter meats and sauces...AM
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4/2/2011 - Barbalax wrote: 90 Points
A more dense and warmer wine than the previous vintages (as expected). Wonderful nose that creams purity and northern Rhône. A bit soft and muted on the palate, even a hint of cassis sweets. It is a mixture of the 2003 and 2005 vintage. Really good but not the best ever (the 2005 is still king)
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3/6/2011 - Vintomas wrote: 87 Points
Compact, blueish dark red colour. Slightly sweetish fruity nose with very dark berries – blackcurrants, blackberries, blueberries, in combination with some some, tar and some spice (a very typical Syrah nose), some oak barrel notes, some vanilla. A serious nose. Slightly more than medium bodied, on palate sweet dark berries with clearly marked acidity – perhaps “cranberry-tasting blackberries”, noticeable tannin that is rather well embedded in the fruit. Good concentration. 87-88 p. Could have potential for a higher score, would benefit from calming down for a few months, because the palate gives a slightly disjointed impression.
Tasted from half bottle.
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